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Food Lion returns to Georgetown

After an absence of nearly four years, Food Lion is coming back to Georgetown.

The newly renovated store, at 1040 King George Boulevard in Georgetown Centre, is scheduled to open Wednesday, said Food Lion spokesman Jeff Lowrance.

"If you shopped the old store, you're not going to recognize it now," he said. "The only thing that's the same is the location."

The 34,000-square-foot store will offer a large fresh produce department; a full-service deli/bakery with custom-order cakes and specialty meats and cheeses; a large meat department featuring international and specialty items; Nature's Place, a department offering a wide range of natural and organic products; and services such as Western Union.

Overall, the store will offer more than 28,000 products, Lowrance said.

Food Lion closed the store - which had not been profitable for several years - in January 2003, Lowrance said.

"But we've seen a lot of growth in the community since then and are excited about serving those customers again," he said.

The new store will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily and has hired about 15 full-time and 40 part-time workers, manager Antonio Sheppard said.